I don’t think there is a place on earth that has produced more significant headlines for college and pro sports the past 50 years than right here in this great state.

I know, as a radio host, I can dwell on the negative. It’s how the sports world turns today.

My only hope is the next generation of sports fans in Michigan appreciates what it has on the college and pro level today.

Maybe we need to do this more. Young and old sports fans in Michigan get to build and add on to a lifetime of sports memories around Prince Fielder, Verlander, Cabrera, Stafford, Schwartz, Johnson, Suh, Spartans and Wolverines football and basketball, and the Red Wings.

I think sports is pretty pure and powerful in Michigan right now and in the future.

-- Bill Simonson is host of "The Huge Show," a syndicated radio sports talk show broadcast statewide.